Analyze The “Socratic Dialogues” by Plato.
The “Socratic Dialogues” by Plato provide us with a rich conception of the philosophical life as lived by Socrates and of Philosophy itself.
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Identify and use the resources to write a research paper made available in this course and by Lone Star college.
Write a research paper structured as a logical argument with at least two premises, a refutation of a counter argument, and a clearly defined conclusion. Identify and use the resources to write a research paper made available in this course and by Lone Star college. Search and select Academic Sources according to the following criteria: […]
Contrast the various positions taken by René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes on the mind-body problem.
Contrast the various positions taken by René Descartes and Thomas Hobbes on the mind-body problem. How did they help psychology move forward? 1. Who is Descartes/ what did he do 2. Who is Hobbes/ what did he do 3. What was the Descartes and Hobbes vie on the mind-body problem 4. How did their work […]
Do wealthy and freer nations have a duty to admit citizens from poorer and more oppressed countries if doing so would improve their quality of life? Why or why not?
Do wealthy and freer nations have a duty to admit citizens from poorer and more oppressed countries if doing so would improve their quality of life? Why or why not? Which moral factors should a country consider when deciding who can and can’t immigrate to its lands?
With these concepts in mind, discuss what the Christian response to Platonism, as found, for example and most notably, in the thought of Augustine.
Richard Tarnas asserts that Greek philosophy was, “in the view of many early Christian theologians, a divinely prearranged matrix for the rational explication of the Christian faith” (The Passion of the Western Mind, pp. 100-101). Notwithstanding, “faith was the primary means, and reason a distant second, for comprehending the deeper meaning of things” (ibid., p. […]
What ideas are needed to do moral analysis?
What ideas are needed to do moral analysis? Argue an answer to the following question: what ideas are needed to do moral analysis? In your paper, quote the works that we have read by Rawls and two other works that we read this semester.
Explain how seeing these distinctions in Daoism should impact our thinking about religion in general.
1) In the first paragraph, you should clearly explain how we can think of Daoism as a philosophy of nature. What is it about Daoism that would encourage us to understand this religion as a way of thinking about the natural world? What is important about the fact that Daoism is based on such a […]
Are doctors who over prescribe narcotic pain medication causing the opioid epidemic?
The Opioid Epidemic: Are doctors who over prescribe narcotic pain medication causing the opioid epidemic?
Explain Jeremy Waldron’s religiously inspired idea of a “dynamic” (or “narrative”) account of human moral worth and dignity.
Prompt 1: Explain the challenge to the idea of human moral equality presented by Jeff McMahan (or as presented by Brian Leiter), and how a theistic account of the basis of moral equality might be able to answer this challenge. Then consider: Do you think the theistic account is successful in answering this challenge? Why […]
When you look into yourself, what do you expect to find? Do you draw strength from an intuition, a spirit, God, etc? How wold looking inside of yourself help you live a more full life?
Description https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USZRjCBYOxc Jung’s Nine Life Lessons: 1. Look inside yourself first: When you look into yourself, what do you expect to find? Do you draw strength from an intuition, a spirit, God, etc? How wold looking inside of yourself help you live a more full life? 2. Integrate your contraries: Besides your inner gender […]